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Permanent character of the Constitution, as dependent on the
character of the people
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Organic unity of the Constitution
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Inadequacy of any but a simultaneous view of the whole
subject.
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CHAPTER II.
THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
SECTION I.-Composition and Mutual Relations of the Houses.
Parliament the scene of Constitutional change
Doctrine of the omnipotence of Parliament
Constitutional change determined by the popular will
The Houses as they were and are
Unity of Parliament
The House of Lords as a judicial body
Creation of Life Peers
Constitutional importance of the innovation
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The House of Lords as a legislative body
Contest between the Houses on the repeal of the Paper
Duties.
Indirect initiation of money grants by the Upper House Mr. Lowe on the predominance of the Lower House Abolition of Purchase in the Army by Royal Warrant Power of the Crown to force a vote in the Lords by creation of Peers.
Mr. Gladstone's justification of the proceeding by Warrant
Macaulay and Wellington on the impotence of the Lords
The House of Commons since the Reform Act
Theories of Individual and of Class Representation
Recent Acts embodying the modern theory
Sir Robert Peel on the influence of property
The Ballot Act.
Mr. Grote on the Ballot
The Parliamentary Elections Act
Early history of representation
Current controversies as to representation
The notion of Delegacy
Burke on the obligations of Members
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SECTION II.-Privileges and Order of Proceedings.
Constitutional importance of Parliamentary methods
Petitions
Debates on petitions
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Contents.
Publication of proceedings:-Stockdale v. Hansard
Restriction of publication:- Committee of Foreign Loans'
case
Exclusion of strangers.
Working of the new rule.
Right of the House to punish for contempt
Obstruction of business in the House
Working of the new rule in the case of Major O'Gorman
Business of private Members and of Government
The half-past twelve rule
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Nature and scope of private Bills
Procedure with regard to private Bills
Possible substitution of permanent functionaries for Select
Committees
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Extension of such a system to Ireland and the Dependencies
Opinion of Earl Russell
Mr. Reginald Palgrave on the Committee of Public Accounts
Procedure of the Lords
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Sir W. Vernon Harcourt on the privileges of the Lords
The Lord Chancellor as Speaker of the Upper House (note).
New relation of the Bank of England to the State
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Legislation with reference to other Banks
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Legislation with regard to Public Companies
Railway legislation.
Factory legislation
Criticisms of Miss Martineau on the Factory Laws
Action of Parliament with regard to the National Debt
Methods of raising money for special emergencies.
New principles of taxation
Other subjects of economic legislation
Local Government
Mr. John Austin on Centralisation (note)
Two sorts of centralisation .
Reconstitution of the Parish
Reorganisation of the Police
Public Health Acts
Reform of County Administration
The Elementary Education Act
SECTION IV.-Government of Dependencies.
General transfer of the government of Dependencies from
the Crown to Parliament
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Forms of Parliamentary action with regard to Dependencies 151
The Canadian Constitution.
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Prerogative of the Crown in regard to conquered or ceded
territories
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Prerogative of the Crown in regard to Colonies acquired by
Conversion of the East India Company from a trading asso-
Transfer of the government of India to the Crown
Admission of Hudson's Bay into the Dominion of Canada
Authority of Parliament over Colonies having no Constitution
Supremacy of Parliament over Colonial Legislatures
Inclusion of the Colonies in recent Acts of Parliament
Relation of Parliament to the Representatives of the Crown 177
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SECTION V.-Foreign Affairs.
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Mr. Disraeli on the paramount importance of Foreign Affairs 179
Instance of Parliamentary initiation of foreign policy-with
respect to arbitration
General attitude of Parliament towards foreign affairs to be
treated in connection with the exercise of the Preroga-
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Extradition Treaties.
The Naturalisation Act
Lord Palmerston's Conspiracy Bill
Foreign Jurisdiction Acts
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Organisation of the British Government in Cyprus .
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Forced labour in Cyprus
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Nature and limits of British authority in Cyprus
Correspondence of Sir Garnet Wolseley and Lord Salisbury
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Topics of recent legislation bearing on Crown interests
Regency Acts
The Royal Titles Bill
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